Popular Gospel singer Joshua Bamiloye has defended Mount Zion Film Productions against claims that its films demonise Yoruba culture and spirituality. He recently had his say via his X page, and Nigerians have been reacting.
Stressing that critics have been misrepresenting Mount Zion’s work, Bamiloye stated that the ministry actually promotes Yoruba culture, language and proverbs.
Refuting claims that Mount Zion built its success by portraying traditional religion negatively, Joshua argued that such films represent only a fraction of the ministry’s catalogue.
His words, “Here we go again, and yet you couldn’t get through one paragraph without misrepresenting what Mount Zion actually does.
MZ doesn’t demonize Yoruba culture. It celebrates it; the colors, the language, the proverbs, the royalty.
Abejoye became a born-again Christian while still speaking deep Yoruba, bowing before his king, and dropping proverbs that’ll make your grandfather nod. Nobody took his culture. The Gospel just took the throne in his heart.
You framed this as ‘Yoruba spirituality vs foreign religion.’ We never did. We frame it as Light vs Darkness and Darkness has no nationality. We’ve called it out in boardrooms, cities, and yes, in the villages. Location doesn’t exempt it.
Profiting from portrayals.’ MZ has 200+ films. Less than 30% are traditional settings. Your entire argument is built on a minority of the catalog, filtered through a lens of cultural grievance. That’s not analysis, that’s a feeling dressed up as a fact.
People are asking questions? Good. Watch the films. The full ones. From start to finish. AGBARA NLA drops OCT 1. The name of Jesus is still above every other name, in 1993 and in 2026.”
WOW.
